Ephesians 5:28

In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

In Context

27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

29Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

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Cross References

Matthew 19:5and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Matthew Henry on Ephesians 5:22-33

Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 61.) 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might… Read the whole commentary →

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